A new concept to try for scrub caps

Reversible caps!

I made these caps with half a metre of fabric each, and ended up having about a third of the fabric left over -- not enough to make another set, but too much to go into my scraps drawer. So, I started thinking about making a reversible hat to use up the fabric, and also as an exercise. It definitely took a lot longer than usual, about twice as long I think. But, I'm pretty happy with the results of my first attempt. If I were to do it again, I'd probably leave a long strip from each fabric when I was making the first set of hats, so I can use that as my trim for the hat today. The black definitely looks too heaving on the light coloured fabric. However, black was the only colour I had lying around!

Back from vacation!

Fa la la la la la, la la la!

Went to Washington D.C. for a short vacation. It was pretty awesome! I visited the Lincoln Memorial and the Washington Monument, which were the two things I really really wanted to see. Since I wasn't American, I'd have had to contact my embassy to arrange for a White House visit six months in advance for a tour. Six months ago I didn't even know I was going to be taking a vacation! So that didn't happen, which was OK since it actually wasn't on my top list of things to do or see. I did want to see the Capitol, which was unfortunately under construction because their iron dome is no longer rust proof and chunks has been falling off. So our tour was slightly abbreviated, and the majority of the dome was covered up by scaffolding. I did see a statue of Dr. Crawford Long from Georgia, who was explained to me as the father of anaesthesia. Preposterous! I thought. Everyone knows that Dr. Morton was the father of anaesthesia, and the first to use ether successfully in an operation. Alas, Wikipedia has proven me wrong! I also have learned that as with many discoveries in history, several people arrived at the same conclusions at similar times separately, and the use of ether as an anaesthetic has been done by not only Dr. Long, Dr. Morton, Dr. Clarke, but also Dr. Horace Wells. Cool beans!

Trying something new

Super bear!

A friend asked me to make a hat from the Marvel superheroes fabric I got awhile back. Actually made this about a week ago, but just remembered to post this now. This was kind of tricky because I was slightly stingy and didn't want to double layer the fabric for the front piece since they would look funky when flipped over (black looks much better), and I would be able to make less hats from what I have! So, there was some creative sewing and folding involved to make sure the black edge looked sharp still. I actually ended up sewing down the folded edge with black thread to avoid the hassle of refolding if the hat gets washed, and to make sure the fold lays down neatly. Took a bit longer, but I'm pretty happy with the result!